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At some banks one can open an account without DIMEX, only with the passport, BUT you still have to bring the income statement, tax returns or whatsoever. I understand that an accountant in the U.S. (or any other country) has to write up an income statement for the last 12 months, then this has to go the costarrican consulate (just like the residency papers) then it has to be translated into Spanish by an official translator, then it has to go to a Public Accountant in Costa Rica (contador publico) who has to write up a new statement, using the one that just came from the foreign country. Once you have this statement, they also want you to show the last electric or water bill from the place where you live in C.R. Plus some banks ask for recommendation letters from clients from the same bank, plus they ask for proof that you have been living in Costa Rica for 1 year or more (fake rental contract 🙂 plus Banco Nacional wants to see that you already own property in Costa Rica. It seem that BN and BNCR are the bigger pain in the butt, while HSBC and others are a little bit more pura vida.
[quote=”srigsby”]OK, with that said what is a person to do if they want to build there and are living in the states? Seems to me it will be very difficult if you have no way of handling the monies between the investor and builder. There has to be another way…would a lawyer hold your money in an escrow account and distribute as needed to the builder?
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You can probably deposit the money to an escrow company like Stewart Title http://www.stewartlat.com/costa-rica1 , paying escrow fees which is not cheap. Attorneys are not so wild any more about getting huge amounts of money transferred to their accounts. SUGEF http://www.sugef.fi.cr/ is getting a real pain in the butt. They are also those who make it almost impossible to open bank accounts. If someone has an account in Costa Rica and receives $ 100,000.– or more per year, they are required to sign up with SUGEF, who charges a yearly fee of $ 1000.
Don’t forget to pay the new corp.tax in Costa Rica.
Plus the “timbre de cultura”After 20 years in Costa Rica and dealing with property issues, I can not really see advantages of holding a property in a corp. and it is not a MUST. Many people have their homes or land in their personal names.
If you sell the corp. including the property, you don’t pay the property transfer tax, but now that they are charging that yearly corp.tax, this adds up to a nice amount too after a few years.Plus, even if you have a “sociedad anonima” nowadays you can not really hide anything, except you are not an officer on your own corp.
[quote=”johnr”]While I understand it’s intent and am all for keeping ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES out of the hands of minors, the way I’m reading this, any of us that rent our property and allow guests to bring alchol on the premise will now have to go to the ICT and get a document to present to a municipality to obtain a five year liscense to “market” beverages on the property.
Am I reading this correctly?
Any insight here would be helpful because the law as I read it is very ambiguous because it bounces back and fourth between selling and “marketing” (use) on private property that is rented.
Scott – have you looked at this? I’d post it but it’s 14 pages.[/quote]
I think you got lost in translation ? I can’t find any law that would require a liquor license for private parties. Does the document show anything like “ley……..” or “decreto……” and the number of the law ?
I have been living at Lake Arenal for 20 years and just love it, with rain and without. July to October were wet and nasty months until some years ago, but our rainy seasons have been pretty dry lately. Some rain in the afternoon and/or early evening, and that’s it. We would hope for more rain this year, to fill up the lake and the local water supply for the surrounding pueblos, but it looks like it will be another pretty dry “wet” season.
I would think, even if it was a gift, that construction, design and details, would have to go by costarican construction law, and costarican engineers would be supervising at any stage of the process. The Chinese even had to sigh up with CCSS which they did not like at all, but there they had to go by the local laws and rules.
@ jultes : the more I read from 2bncr the more I understand that men have not developed much since they left the cave many thousands of years ago. They do not want modern women, they want a bloody young honey-bunny-dummy thing who acts like a dog, laying to their feet and be at their service 24/7. She has to look like a model, want sex 3 times a day, has to love cooking, house work and motherhood (careful, pregnancy can damage the perfect body), should not act too smart because this would scratch his ego, and hopefully she does NOT speak his language, this way she can not annoy him by talking about things she does not know what she is talking about.
@ 2bncr … sorry for not answering your text with the same amount of text. Useless anyhow, I guess my English is not advanced enough to really say what I would like to say. You had asked where I come from. I am German, have been living fulltime in Costa Rica for 20 years, speak and write decent Spanish, and I am probably THE horror version 😈 of a woman for you. I am Single and free to do whatever I want (and I just love it !!! and I give a crap what men think ). I have a fulltime job and a part time job, and a non-profit job. I am raising 2 teenagers on my own, without the help of anyone. Plus 4 dogs, 2 cats and 6 horses. My original profession is cabinet maker (state certified,Germany) which at that time was considered a man’s profession, but I liked and still like the creative part of it, which I think is pretty female. And the worst part for you probably, I am 50 years old, probably look like 50 and act like 50. I also have 50 years of live experience, which I think is great. I am not looking for a “better half”, because I am not a Half, I am a 100 % already (plus a few pounds more), so no need for another half. I have never in my live been with a man much older than myself (3 years max.)but at a time I had a boyfriend 13 years younger than me (go figure 😯 !!). I have been married and I got divorced. At the end I found out that I am a much happier person when I do NOT have a man in my neck (much less a much older one). Luckily women are not that sex-driven like men are (thought many women act like they were, because men expect it) and when considering a relationship, women also want some brain, not only the toys. Nevertheless, when a young sexy guy walks by, I can very well turn into a cave woman for a moment, and look at his butt, six pack and whatever else he has to show 😆
Well, this discussion can go on and on. You see it from a very male standpoint and I from a very female.
Both, women and men, can look much younger or older than they are, depending on lifestyle and genetic.
[b]Erotic love, that is real love.[/b]
you got it right there. Women also prefer young and crisp to old and wrinkled 😀 Don’t know what education american women get, we Europeans may be a little different.
In most cases, for younger women, the only really interesting “mature” thing about a man is his bank account.
How about just living here for a while, and when the right woman comes along, start a relationship ?
One advice, if the relationship should be long term and stable, and real love should be involved, find a woman in your age !!
did not mean to preach healthy lifestyles, but we are running out of water and running out of oil. I guess people will have to change their consumers habits pretty soon.
I have taken chicken off the shopping list completely (high prices, hormones and antibiotica levels !! ) bought a whole pork leg from a farmer for 1700 colones x kilo, that will last a few months. There is too much meet production world wide, better switch to more veggies and fruits, and meat only for special ocasions, just like our grandparents used to live. my kids great-grandpa died with 101 years, after a life full of hard work in the “campo” and natural healthy food produced on their own farm. And off course, a shot of “cacique” every once in a while 😉
